Programme
Session 1 - L'industrie de défense : enjeux et support publique
From Rising NATO Defence Spending to Industrial and Innovation Capacity: Suggested Policy Actions for Belgium
Grégory Kegels (Ecole Royale Militaire, VUB)
The Belgian Defense Industry in the current geopolitical reality : Opportunities & Challenges
Stepahne Burton (Chairman of the Belgian Security and Defense Industry (BSDI)
Military Rampup and the need for defence industrial policy
Renaud Bellais (CESICE, Université Grenoble Alpes)
EUROPEAN READINESS 2030 - An economic discussion on the EU’s defense industrial policy
Tobias Mueller (Strategy consultant in the aerospace and defence sector across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa)
Session 2 - Macroeconomis of defence and public finance implications
How to finance rearmament and other priorities by 2030
Grégory Claeys (Director of the Economics Department, Haut-Commissariat à la Stratégie et au Plan (High Commission for Strategic Planning) and Associate Professor, CNAM)
A Free Venture into the Unknown
Paolo Surico (London Business School and CEPR)
European rearmament: too little, too expensive, too dependent and on the wrong technology ?
Guntram Wolff (Professeur, Solvay Brussels School, Université libre de Bruxelles et senior fellow Bruegel)